The Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta announced today that Oprah Winfrey donated $1.5 million dollars to the school. After providing information about the school on the show and donating $365,000 last year, Oprah has really gone above and beyond to help the teacher expand his successful academy. Needing nearly $3 million dollars a year to operate, The Ron Clark Academy gets the majority of its funds from donations even though it resides in one of the poorest areas of Atlanta. Ron Clark's "Essential 55" tools for teaching children has made his program an innovative way to look at education. The school has hopes to expand to include a cafeteria, gym and theater for the children.

Here's what is coming up this week on The Oprah Winfrey Show:

• Monday, December 14, 2009: Season Premiere - Oprah and Whitney Houston: The First Interview
• Tuesday, December 15, 2009: Season Premiere Part 2: Whitney Houston's Showstopping Surprise
• Wednesday, December 16, 2009: Daniel-Day Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz: The Cast of Nine
• Thursday, December 17, 2009: Oprah Exclusive: Inside the Home of the Florida Massacre
• Friday, December 18, 2009: Oprah Goes Back in Time: The '60s

It has been announced -- OWN, the collaboration between Harpo and Discovery Communications, is set to premiere in January of 2011! One of the features viewers have to look forward to is reportedly a documentary club that will showcase a film monthly during a primetime slot in partnership with Ro*Co Productions. Highlighting inspirational stories, much like Oprah's Book Club, the documentary club will encourage viewers to form a screening group that will participate in web-based panel discussions. The potential this has for documentary filmmakers is unreal seeing how Oprah's had a huge hand in getting the country to read and buy books again. If you are not currently a documentary film buff, start by checking out Jennifer's About.com Documentaries site where you will find a complete guide to get you started, or help you find out more about the films that you love.

By now you have more than likely heard some version of the drama surrounding Tiger Woods currently with his family, professional life, and media image. Releasing very little to the press, Woods did reveal on his personal site this statement: "There is an important and deep principle at stake, the right to some simple human measure of privacy. Personal sins should not require press releases and problems within a family shouldn't have to mean public confessions." As a society, on a whole we do unfortunately have an expectation that when the celebrities we look up to falter, they make a personal statement explaining and apologizing for their actions. Currently keeping out of the public eye in seclusion, Tiger Woods has apparently been approached by Oprah's staff to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show to speak his truth and save his name. Whether this is accurate or not remains to be seen, but if there is anywhere to make a plea to save your family, career and image, it's on Oprah's couch.